Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Braves Pick West Villages!

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20170117/atlanta-braves-pick-sarasota-for-new-spring-training-complex

The team is in exclusive negotiations with Sarasota County and the City of North Port

By Staff Report
SARASOTA - The Atlanta Braves announced Tuesday that the organization has picked Sarasota County for its new spring training complex. The team is in exclusive negotiations with the county and the city of North Port to move operations as soon as the 2019 spring season.

The Braves previously announced plans to move to a new spring training center in 2019, after the team's lease ends at Disney's Wide World of Sports in Orlando. Team executives have tried negotiating with Sarasota, Palm Beach and Collier counties over the past year.

[Read the rest at the link above.]

Ali



1 comment:

  1. As a West Villages resident in Islandwalk, I plan to move soon before the stadium with its noise, traffic. etc drives down property values.
    Not a good idea to build next to a community.

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